By Mohammad Sio Lebanon said Saturday that five people were killed and six others wounded over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll from Israeli attacks to 2,496 killed and 7,725 injured since March 2. The figures were published in a report by the Lebanese Cabinet’s Disaster RiskContinue Reading
A group of former British diplomats has called on the UK and its allies to take stronger action against Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, warning that current policies risk enabling annexation and undermining international law. In a letter published in the Financial Times on Friday,Continue Reading
By Naomi Sharang Abuja: President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate’s approval for a 516.3 million dollars syndicated loan to finance key sections of the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway. The Superhighway is a major infrastructure project under his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The request, is contained in a letter read duringContinue Reading
By Ramatu Garba Kano: The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has inaugurated a Kano State Task Force Committee to combat fake, counterfeit and unwholesome processed food products and drugs. Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, speaking at the inauguration on Tuesday in Kano,Continue Reading
By CYNTHIA NWANNE Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, says people should not waste their votes… and should vote where their vote will count. Fair enough. But let’s ask some simple questions. Those who “did not waste their vote” in the last election by voting Tinubu 1. are theyContinue Reading
By Suleiman Shehu Ibadan: Mrs Oyebukola Akinpelu, African Democratic Congress (ADC) aspirant for the Oyo State House of Assembly, says the opposition leaders’ gathering in Ibadan signals unity and stronger democratic practices. In a statement issued and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Saturday, Akinpelu described the summitContinue Reading
By Iniobong Udoh II For many people, Wale Edun being sacked as the Minister of Finance, came as a surprise, but for me, it didn’t. If anything, it took longer than I expected. Because one thing you should already know about this government led by BAT, the Landlord ofContinue Reading
There is a difference between turbulence and avoidable disruption. What passengers experienced on Saturday, delays stretching beyond four hours on Air Peace flights due to jet fuel shortages,falls squarely in the latter category. It raises a question that should unsettle both operators and regulators: why sell tickets for flights youContinue Reading
Hearing in a suit instituted by Mr Fubara Dagogo, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday suffered setback at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dagogo, an aspirant in the recently concluded APC national congress, had filed theContinue Reading
